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Tucson, Ariz. – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Casa Grande and Tucson stations rescued two people in separate incidents yesterday. The Customs and Border Protection's Office of Air and Marine (OAM) played a vital role in both incidents.
CBP U.S. Border Patrol Performs Two Successful Rescues in Five Hours
Seeded on Wed Aug 25, 2010 5:40 PM EDT
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Smugglers continue to show disregard for life by leading individuals through harsh areas, often abandoning them in the desert. Tucson Sector has more than 200 agents trained as Emergency Medical Technicians and 20 rescue beacons throughout the Sector to help individuals in distress.
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#1 - Thu Aug 26, 2010 6:48 PM EDTAgents carried the subject to a suitable landing area where he could then be transported to a local hospital.
This is all good that they saved the person's life....not send this person back to their home country and bill that country for all of the expenses that the US taxpayers have paid because this person entered out country illegally.
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